The delay with U.S. carriers is awkward timing for RIM, which will air its first-ever Super Bowl ad on Sunday as part of a plan to spend "several hundreds of million" dollars into marketing around the launch of the two new phones, Mr. Heins said.
The two men also disagreed sharply on the timing of new elections, with Mr Papandreou seeking a delay of several months while Mr Samaras wanted them immediately.